Dinner customs are different around the world. If you are a guest in Ghana, thisinformation will help you a lot.
In Ghana, dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are nostrict rules about time. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food.
When you go to ahome, the host takes you to the living room first. At this time everyonewelcomes you. Then you go to the dining room. There you wash your hands in a bowl of water.All the food is on the table.
In Ghana you usually eat with your fingers. You eat from the same dish as everyone else.But you eat from one side of the dish only. It is not polite to get food from the other side of thedish. After dinner, you wash your hands again in a bowl of water.
Most meals in Ghana have a dish called fufu. People in Ghana make fufu from the powder of some plants. Sometimes they cut the fufu with a saw because it is very hard.You must chew fufu well, or you may get sick. You eat fufu with the fingers of your righthand only.In the fourth paragraph, the writer wants to tell us _______.
| A．what to eat in Ghana | B．how much time to spend on a dinner |
| C．the way of eating | D．different food at a dinner |
If you are dinner guest to a family in Ghana, you’re first ________.
| A．told some strict rules about dinner |
| B．taken to the dining room |
| C．taken to the living room |
| D．told to wash your hands |
In Ghana, __________.
| A．dinner is always at six |
| B．rules for dinner are not strict |
| C．a family offers food only at four |
| D．you don’t have to wash your hands again after dinner |
In the United States, people like going camping for vacation. They do everything for themselves to relax in the woods instead of staying at a modern hotel or a restaurant. They enjoy themselves far away from the noisy cities for a few days.
What should you prepare if you want to go camping like them? When you are camping, you make all of your own food. Barbeques(烤肉架) are very necessary while camping. You can bring bread, drinks, meat and vegetables to the camp. You’d better bring some wood and a lighter(打火机) to make a fire. Remember to put stones around the fire to make sure it won’t get too big and dangerous. When the fire is ready, you can cook food over it.
Children really like this activity at night. The whole family sit around the fire, eat their favorite food. Certainly they can sing songs and dance together. What a pleasant and exciting moment.
Camping is a fun activity for the family to do. Vacation does not have to mean going to visit a place far away. It could be as simple as setting up a tent in the nearby woods.Where do people in the United States like to go camping according to the passage?
| A．In big cities. | B．In a place of interest. |
| C．In a modern hotel or a restaurant. | D．In the woods. |
What are NOT necessary if you are camping?
| A．Sunglasses. | B．Barbeques. | C．Some wood. | D．Tents. |
What does the phrase “make a fire” mean in Chinese?
| A．烧烤 | B．生火 | C．煮饭 | D．搭桥 |
What should you do while using fire?
| A．Put stones around the fire. |
| B．Cover（盖） the fire with grass. |
| C．Cook food under the fire. |
| D．Keep far away from the fire. |
What can we know from the passage?
| A．Camping is popular in China. |
| B．You needn’t prepare the food for yourselves while camping. |
| C．Children like camping very much at night. |
| D．We shouldn’t go camping for it’s dangerous. |
Hong Kong Harbour Cruise By Night
Enjoy your wonderful dinner on the ferry and see the fantastic city lights.
Time: 7:00 pm~10:00 pm daily
Price: With dinner Without dinner
Adult: HK$300 HK$120
Child under 12: HK$ 210 HK$ 84
Start/ Stop: Kowloon Public Pier (Near Star Ferry Pier)
Ticket Office：Star Company (123 Canton Road)Where does the cruise start?
| A．Kowloon Public Pier. | B．Near Star Company. |
| C．On the ferry | D．Office Company |
If Mr. and Mrs. Brown want to have dinner on the ferry, how much will they pay?
| A．HK$300. | B．HK$600 | C．HK$420 | D．HK$520 |
Where can they buy the tickets?
| A．At Kowloon Public Pier. | B．Near Star Ferry Pier. |
| C．Star Company. | D．Office Company |
What can they see on the ferry?
| A．A film. | B．The city lights. |
| C．Playing sports. | D．Listen to the music |
If you are eleven years old and you don’t have dinner during the cruise, how much will you pay?
| A．HK$300 | B．HK$120 | C．HK$84 | D．HK$45 |
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There is a family of ants close to my house, but I don't know when they came here.
They work hard all day long cleaning their house and looking for food outside. There is not a lazy one in their family. They are friendly to each other and help each other. I like them very much and often go to see them.
One day I went to see the ants just before a heavy rain. They were busy carrying earth in their mouths to stop up the door of their house. Just then the rain came down. I ran back into the house. I thought,“The ants will be in danger. How heavy the rain is!”
When the rain stopped, I went out to see the ants. The earth at the door kept the rain out. They were busy carrying it away.
It was late, and the people all went home. I thought that the ants must be tired.I went to see them again with the help of the lamp. They were still working quietly. What good, hard-working neighbours they are!Who is the writer's neighbour?
What did they do all day long?
They aren't very kind to each other, are they?
What did they use to keep the rain out?
Do they go to sleep just as the people do in the evening?
Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don’t study, but they travel together.
Dolphins are mammals（哺乳动物）, not fish, but they swim together in a school. Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say“welcome”when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People can’t hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.
Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium.(An aquarium is a zoo for fish.) People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely.
There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.A school of dolphins means_____.
| A．a zoo for dolphins | B．a show by dolphins |
| C．a group of dolphins | D．a library of dolphins |
A dolphin feels _____in an aquarium.
| A．afraid |
| B．happy with people watching them |
| C．lucky |
| D．sad and lonely |
Which sentence is true?
| A．Dolphins talk with words. |
| B．Dolphins always bring good luck. |
| C．Dolphins make more sounds above water. |
| D．Dolphins can’t breathe（呼吸） under the water. |
People can’t hear the dolphins’ sounds because they are .
| A．low | B．high | C．soft | D．quiet |
From the passage we know_____.
| A．Dolphins travel together. |
| B．Dolphins talk with words when they play. |
| C．Dolphins like to live in aquariums. |
| D．All people want to catch dolphins and eat them. |
Vanilla is my best friend. She is a lovely girl with two big, beautiful eyes. But she always hides them behind a pair of black glasses.
One day, though, I nearly ended our friendship. I remember that day clearly. We were sitting in class. The teacher was giving us our results for a Chinese test. I had done badly. I felt so sad that I wouldn’t talk to anyone. At lunchtime, I even stayed in the classroom alone. Suddenly, I heard a voice. It was Vanilla. “You look very unhappy,” she said. “What’s wrong?” I looked up at her, but said nothing. I knew Vallina had got a good mark in the test. I thought she was making fun of me. I stayed silent(沉默), but Vallina didn’t go away. She kept asking me questions: “Is it because of the exam? Do you want me to show you the right answers?” I looked away from her. When I looked up again, Vanilla had gone. And so had my exam paper! I didn’t know what to do. I looked everywhere for me paper, but couldn’t find it.
In the afternoon, Vanilla came up to my desk and gave me my exam paper back. I looked at it and got a big surprise. Vanilla had written the right answer next to every one of my mistakes. My face went red. Vanilla had been trying to help me all along. How mean I had been to her when she was being so nice. I wanted to hug （拥抱）her, but all I did was to hold her hands and say, “Thank you.” That afternoon, Vanilla and I walked home together. I felt so happy that I had to thank her again. We were still best friends.The sentences “ But she always hides them behind a pair of black glasses.” Really means _________.
| A．she doesn’t want others to see her eyes |
| B．there is something wrong with her eyes |
| C．she likes to wear dark glasses |
| D．she is often shy |
The writer felt sad because ________ in the Chinese test.
| A．she got a good mark |
| B．Vanilla had done better than her |
| C．she didn’t have a good mark |
| D．the teacher was angry with her |
Vanilla really came to the writer to _______.
| A．make fun of her |
| B．find out what had happened to her |
| C．help her |
| D．show her the right answers |
Vanilla left the writer because she __________.
| A．wanted to write the right answers for the writer |
| B．didn’t know what to do to help her friend |
| C．was angry with the writer |
| D．wanted to go home for lunch |
Which of the following phrases has the same meaning as “make fun of”?
| A．Saying “hello” to. |
| B．Seeing me off. |
| C．Laughing at. |
| D．Looking after. |
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